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Liberal media Blackberries are zapping messages back and forth proclaiming that Prime Minister Harper’s earlier assessment of Israel’s response to the war declared against them by terrorists to be correct, and “measured” —should be questioned. So far, the media handbook has inserted the instruction that the word “measured” be put in scare quotes. Like I’m doing “here”. They repeated “measured” in scare quotes no less than “three times” in the same story, below.
And they’ve already begun framing his remarks in the form of an astonishingly brazen foolishness. They wrote that he “did not back down from his comments…”
I’m waiting for them to begin their sentences with “Harper refuses to apologize…” or “Harper makes no apologies for calling it ‘measured’…” or “Harper fails to acknowledge that what he said, well, you know, that ain’t liberal…”.
Harper nixes call for peacekeepers
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – Stephen Harper offered condolences yesterday to the families of eight Canadians killed in Lebanon, but did not back down from his comment that Israel’s bombing of Lebanon was a “measured” response to the Hezbollah kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers.
In his closing news conference at the Group of Eight summit, sharp differences emerged between Mr. Harper and French President Jacques Chirac over the crisis, setting the stage for fireworks during the last leg of his European tour—his first tete-a-tete with Mr. Chirac tomorrow in Paris.
The Middle East conflict dominated the G8 summit, which ended yesterday with an urgent call by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for an international peacekeeping force for the region.
Mr. Chirac demanded swift action to bring about a ceasefire in the hostilities that saw the death toll climb to more than 200, most in Lebanon.
Mr. Harper rejected the call, as did the United States, saying his interpretation of the G8’s position was for Hezbollah and Hamas to first release the three Israeli soldiers they are holding and to stop shelling Israel.
“The ceasefire is one element of the action plan that’s called for in the G8 statement, but I would point out it’s not the first thing called for, nor is it the only thing,” Mr. Harper said.
Mr. Chirac, meanwhile, referred to Israel’s action in Lebanon as “aberrant.”
Mr. Harper brushed aside a charge from the Canadian Arab Federation that he is responsible for the deaths of eight Canadians, including four children, in the Lebanon bombing because of his earlier remark that Israel’s action was a “measured” response.
“I don’t think that warrants a response. It’s a bizarre accusation.”
[…] Mr. Harper elaborated for the first time on his comments about the “measured” Israeli response that he made last Thursday in a three-minute visit with reporters travelling on his plane.
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